DIY Crossfeed controller device for speakers

[maxrob200]

Has anyone had positive experience with using Crossfeed devices for speakers instead of headphones? The Taket Sound Activator device appears to be a crossfeed control unit and I am wondering if there are any DIYers on the forum who has built such a unit. The Taket is 150 GBP so I am looking for a cheaper alternative as an experiment to see whether crossfeeding is worthwhile for speakers. Witchdoctor.nz has a positive review of the Taket SA.

[Puffin]

There was a thread on Rock Grotto forum some years ago about a DIY Meier crossfeed for headphones. I bought a pcb to make one and never got around to it. I understand that this is a passive unit that you plugged your headphones into and then into a head amp. I assume that for speakers it would require an active unit to process the incoming signal rather than it being placed between speakers and amp?

[maxrob200]

the taket SA device is passive and connects to the + terminals of the speaker outputs (L and R channel)

[walpurgis]

Not sure why somebody would wish to compromise stereo imaging.

I did experiment years ago with a version of the Hafler speaker 'ambient' circuit that uses a centre speaker with an 'L' pad, fed from both left and right + outputs from the amp. This achieves the same end. Results made me decide it was not worth bothering.

[RothwellAudio]

I understand that this is a passive unit that you plugged your headphones into and then into a head amp.
I think you mean a headphone amp. A head amp is preamp which is (usually) placed close to the transducer it's amplifying, such as inside a condenser microphone. In a hi-fi context the term head amp usually refers to a preamp for LOMCs, placed between the cartridge and phonostage.

[Puffin]

I think you mean a headphone amp. A head amp is preamp which is (usually) placed close to the transducer it's amplifying, such as inside a condenser microphone. In a hi-fi context the term head amp usually refers to a preamp for LOMCs, placed between the cartridge and phonostage.

Yes, you are of course right. I have upped my daily dosage of Aricept:lol: